Hello Michael, On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 09:11:29PM -0800, Michael wrote: > I did change my /var/apt/sources.list file, or /etc, I forget whether it > was in /etc or /var, ... It is in /etc. All the configuration files you ever want to edit should be in /etc.
> .., and being the fan of wiping and reinstalling as often as I do, ... You might want to get used to Debians update mechanism instead of reinstalling often. One of the good things about Debian is, that updating really works well. > Now to get into the actual post, sorry for rambling on, do you need to > have an X server running in order to use "virtual terminal" as I asked > about the keys for in a recent post, or should I be able to do it > without? I think you mean "virtual consoles", do you? No X server is needed, this feature is built into the Linux kernel. The presence of an X server might make a difference though: the keys to switch between the different consoles might be slightly different. Try Control-Alt-F2 (all pressed together) or Control-Apple-F2 or Alt-F2 or Apple-F2. If you get an empty text-mode console showing the login prompt it worked. Switching back to the X-server, if any, works then with Control-Apple-F7 or Control-Apple-F7. All the best, Jochen -- http://seehuhn.de/
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